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Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification

AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER : 180-10060-10486
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER : :

December 8, 1995
Status of Document: Postponed in Part

Number of releases of previously postponed information: 21

Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors
including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the
absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United
States or to any individual.

Number of Postponements: 6

Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.

Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could
reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of
privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest. —

Substitute Language: SSN

Date of Next Review: 2017

Board Review Completed: 10/24/95

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER : 180-10060-10486

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STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

ORIGINATOR :
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MORDANA, SARI

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' MEMORANDUM

Tom Howarth, Budget Officer

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G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director ; AS

August 25, 1977

Resignations of Fallis, Brown and Mordana

Steve Fallis has resigned effective Monday ,

September 12, 1977. (Last dag fork wee ey why, ee

Claire Brown has resigned effective Tuesday,

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Sari Mordana has resigned effective Monday,

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MEMORANDUM.

emo: “ALL Staff Employees
FROM: Budget Officer
PATE: January 3, 1977

CRE: Payroll Certification

- Starting with the January, 1977 payroll, the certification:

to the House Finance Office requires, among other things, the
-yelationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current.
Member of Congress (those taking office January 3, 1977).

“The following are the relationships. to be included in
. ‘the certification: . ae

father oe So nephew brother-in-law.
mother ~~ a . " niece Os sister-in-law - 5.
son . “oo pusband = stepfather -. ~
‘daughter. ~ - wife re stepmother...
os. brother father-in-law ss -'stepbrother. —
ap ~ sister ee mother-in-law =. ©. >. stepsister

uncle 9 : _ son-in-law o  half-brother

aunt a “daughter-in-law .  ..... - half-sister

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i All staff employees | are requested to complete, this.
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Approved _
Richard A. Sprague

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"SARI MORDANA — : | ar.

-- 303 East 7ist Street | oe ce ne | Age: 25 years old
New York, N.Y. 10021 _— nee ie Status: ‘Single -
| (212) 988- 6032. ee | Se oe

Education
Columbia School of Law 7

. Degree received—May 1976— os
~ Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in 1 Constitutional Litigation oes
- Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974- 176) | :
completed half the Master’ s ‘Program i in Print and
' Broadcast Journalism . _
. LSAT— 751 _

- Barnard College

_ Degree received—June 1972 . ve enn eeas
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in ee
_ English Literature -h
~ Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes |
. and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda | a
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971- 1972)— ve
- . Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film a Division)
. Language — French oe ce ws

. Exp erience

: American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department

Law Clerk to Legal Director —responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional .
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey |
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case

June 1875 to the Present a .

CBS, Ine., ‘Law Department

Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
- response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged |
-. monopolization of program production and film -

- distribution by CBS, Inc. . io

| May 1974 to August 1974

| Non- legal—Downe Communications, Inc.

iting and design of advertising copy, and layouts § for - : -
_- Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts. i
January 1973 to August 1973

. Recommendations t ; upon request.

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_ SARI MORDANA Lo WZ |
303 East 71st Street | / /, Wa Age: 25 years old
~ New York, N.Y. 10021 - /} Status: Single
(212) $88-6032

Education

‘Columbia School of Law

Degree received— May 1976
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)—
completed half the Master's Program in.Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT—751

Barnard College

Degree received— June 1972

Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature

Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda

Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)—
‘Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)

Language — French

Experience

American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department

Law Clerk to Legal Director —-responsible for legal
- research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark ona First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present —

CBS, Inc., Law Department

Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.

May 1974 to August 1974

Non-legal—-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973

| Recommendations upon request,

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October 26, 1976

' Miss Sari Mordana
303 @ast me Street

Dear Miss Mordana:

Thank you for your letter of October 19, 1976.
Although my schedule is kind of filled at the moment,
I. would be able to see you on Monday, November 1, in
my office in Philadelphia at 4:30 P.M. I am sorry to
make it so late in the day, but I have to be in
Washington, Pa.. earlier that day; and I am in
Washington, D.C. the rest of this week.

Would you be good enough to let my secretary
know whether you will be able to come in for this
appointment... Her name is Miss Shenk.

Sincerely yours,

RICHARD A. SPRAGUE |

RAS: fs

October 19, 1976

Richard A. Sprague, Esq.
1622 Locust Street
Phil., Pa. 19103

Dear Mr. Sprague:

I was so intrigued by your selection as Chief Counsel
and Staff Director of the Select Committee on Assassinations
that I had to write to you. I am an extremely bright and
capable graduate of Columbia Law School (May 1976) who hap-
pens to be one of your cousin Ziporah Mordana's daughters,
and one of Debora Horowitz's granddaughters,

I hope you will forgive me for thus invoking kinship,
but I am so eager to work with you that I am tempted to use
any and all reasonable means to help achieve that objective.
"Uncle" Louis heartily agreed that I should acquaint you with
my existence, and gave me your address,

My educational background includes being a Stone Scholar
. and "VG" student at Columbia Law School, and a Phi Beta Kappa
| at Barnard College (undergraduate division of Columbia Univer-
| sity). While in law school, I persuaded the Columbia Graduate
School of Journalism to admit me to some of its professional
. workshops. (in reporting,.writing,. editing, etc.), and completed
half the Master's Program in Journalism.

My professional legal experience has involved a great deal
of litigation practice, from doing research and discovery, to
writing complaints, interrogatories, pre-trial memoranda and
appellate briefs, in areas ranging from anti-trust to customs
seizures,

My most challenging employment has been with the American
Civil Liberties Union, where I have been working since the
Summer of 1975. In my capacity as law clerk to the Legal Direc-
| tor, I was given the responsibility for handling the pre-trial

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litigation (with occasional assistance) of a bipartite class
suit involving domestic intelligence activities—so far suc-
cessfully—and was assigned to work on a case with Ramsey
Clark (writing the successful brief in his challenge to a
district court gag order).

Given my interests and abilities, it would be an in-
credible opportunity for me to assist in any way with your
investigation. Should you have any use for a very sharp
thinker and tenacious researcher, I hope you will consider me.
me. And if there is any further information you would Like
to have, I would be happy to send it, and delighted to bring >
it to you.

Very truly yours,

P.S. In case you have no idea who your cousin Ziporah is,
you might ask your mother if she remembers "Zipsy"
Horowitz from Vienna,

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“AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

22 East 40th Street New York, New York 10016 (212) 725-1222

October 29, 1976

Richard A. Sprague, Esq.
David Berger, P.A.
Attorneys at Law

1622 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103

Dear Mr. Sprague:

Sari Mordana has told me of her interest in
working on the legal staff you are assembling as Chief.
Counsel to the Select Committee on Assassinations. I
am writing this letter to recommend Miss Mordana for
such a position. .

Miss Mordana has worked as my law clerk for
over a year, and I am highly impressed with her ability.
She is extremely bright and capable, and her superior
work has made a significant contribution to the cases
on which she has assisted. She has a great deal of in-
itiative in taking on responsibility, and has handled
the legal research and writing in several phases of com-
‘plex litigation with a minimum of supervision, and a high
degree of professionalism,

In addition to her practical legal ability, she
is articulate in the law, and her writing is of an ex-
tremely high caliber. As to her personal qualities, she
is’an unusually alert and hard-working individual, who
delights in tackling a difficult project, and pursuing
it to a successful resolution.

Edward J. Ennis, Chairperson, Board of Directors * Ramsey Clark, Chairperson, National Advisory Council
Aryeh Neier, Executive Director * Alan Reitman, Associate Director * Melvin L. Wulf, Legal Director

4 Joanna Komoska, Membership Director « John H.F. Shattuck, Jr., Director, Washington D.C. Office
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BOARD OF D DIRECTORS

CHAIRPERSON
Edward J. Ennis

VICE CHAIRPERSONS.

Samuel Hendel
Rolland O’Hare
Harriet F. Pilpel
Barbara Scott Preiskel
Marvin Schachter

TREASURER
Donald Hackel

Sheldon Ackley
Mary E. Bane

Michaele Snyder Batties

Jewel Bellush
Ralph S. Brown, Jr.
Ronald H. Brown
Bob Campbell
David Carliner
Lynn S. Castner
Ramsey Clark
John W. Cleland
Carl Cohen

Irving Cohen

Mary Coleman
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Lois G. Forer

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Her acute and inquisitive mind has been an
asset to my staff, and I believe she would be an asset
to yours.

Sincerely,

MiraxG—

‘Melvin L. Wulf
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MARTIN LIPTON WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
HERBERT M. WACHTELL : :
LEONARD M. ROSEN
GEORGE A. KATZ ; 299 PARK AVENUE
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THEODORE GEWERTZ : ~NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017 M. CARR FERGUSON, JR.
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HAROLD S. HANDELSMAN
H NEIL BRODER October 29, 1976

STANLEY M. GORINSON
ALAN D. HANDLER
PETER C. HEIN
HAROLD S. NOVIKOFF
MARC H. ROSENBAUM

Richard A. Sprague, Esq.

David Berger, P.A.

Attorneys at Law

1622 Locust Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Dear Mr. Sprague:

I understand that Sari Mordana is applying for a
position .on the legal staff which you are gathering as
Special Counsel to the select congressional committee which
will be investigating the assassinations of Martin Luther
King, Jr..and John F. Kennedy. This letter is being written
to recommend Miss Mordana for. such a position.

I am a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia
Law School. Each spring I teach a seminar on trial practice
and, this year, Miss Mordana was one of the 18 students in
my class. The seminar requires substantial participation by
each student in simulated courtroom events and in the critiques
which follow. As a result, I believe I am able to make an
informed judgment respecting Miss Mordana's ability and person-
ality. I found. her extremely bright and hard-working. But
‘just as important I found that she had an intangible quality
which unfortunately few law students possess -- a spark which
ignites when she is working on a project she enjoys. This
facet of her personality made her a very effective advocate.
She could marshal facts: and present them in a manner which
attracted attention and was convincing.

Having recently been part of a congressional inquiry
myself, as an associate of John Doar, I recognize the diffi-
culties involved in the task you are undertaking and the

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importance of obtaining top-flight help. I believe Miss Mordana
would be an asset to your staff.

I wish you well.

Sincerely,

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